WORLD’S FIRST 3D RIVER PRINTER
The world doesn’t stand a chance without water. ALMOST 85% of the world population lives in the driest half of planet and 6 TO 8 MILION people die annually from the consequences od disasters and water-related diseases. Following proposal is a result of studies about methods of WATER COLLECTING on earth’s dry areas and using them to improove quality of people’s life.
THE RIVER 3D PRINTING SKYSCRAPER is a building equipped with special technologies allowing it to gather water from atmosphere. By using special BACTERIA STRAIN and DESERT DUST it is able to ‘print’ the rivers providing water in places where it was impossible before.
Just as forewings cover of NAMIBIAN BEETLE, the surface of the skyscraper is gathering water using micro-sized grooves or bumps on the surface. It can help condense and direct water toward the construction pipes, while a combination of HYDROPHILIC and HYDROPHOBIC areas on these structures may increase fog- and dew-collecting efficiency.
A mixture of sand, calcium chloride, urea and the bacteria BACILLUS PASTEURII will cement together the sand into a rock similar to sandstone or even marble depending on how it is portioned mixed and cured. It is used to make RIVERBED which would be rinse-resistant and will prevent water from soaking.
The injection piles are created not only to put into the ground the bacteria strain, but also are responsible for the BUILDING MOBILITY. Thanks to them the skyscrapper is in still movement which allows to print the riverbed in different directions.